Channel 4's controversial match-making show The Undateables concluded with 2.7 million viewers on Tuesday night.

The final instalment maintained its audience week on week, cementing the show as a hit for Channel 4, with an 11.1% share of the TV audience between 9pm and 10pm on Tuesday.

Also in the 9pm hour, BBC2's new documentary series Meet the Romans with Mary Beard attracted 1.9 million viewers and a 7.8% share, while Channel 5's CSI drew 1.8 million and 7.7%.

On ITV1 at the same time The Mighty Mississippi with Trevor McDonald attracted 2.8 million viewers, almost 500,000 fewer than tuned into the first episode last week.

The top-rating show in the 9pm slot was the penultimate episode of BBC1's lottery winners drama The Syndicate with 5.5 million viewers and a 23% share.

Matt Lucas needs a little (more) help from his friends ...

At 10.35pm the second episode of The Matt Lucas Awards on BBC1 lost more than a quarter of a million viewers.

The first episode pulled in 2.56 million viewers, but the second dropped to 2.3 million and a 17.3% share of the audience between 10.35pm and 11.10pm.

The music plays on, and on, and on ...

The return of Later Live ... with Jools Holland returned for a 40th series on BBC2, attracting 900,000 viewers and a 4.7% share of the audience in the half-hour slot from 10pm.

All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live, +1 (except for BBC and some other channels including Sky1) and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, or other – unless otherwise stated. Figures for BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 generally include ratings for their HD simulcast services, unless otherwise stated

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